First boot, Nothing on Screen

[tekgiant]

I followed all the steps to a T for a first time setup using the NOOB setup. I downloaded the Noob zip, extracted it, and copied it to the SD card. I put it in the RPi and booted it up. I've tried 3 monitors, 2 different HDMI cables, swapped ends (based on a post I read earlier) and still nothing. Every screen says "No HDMI Signal". Any recommendations from here would be helpful as most people with HDMI issue seem to already have their OS and everything installed and SSH into their RPi. I've read a bit about editing some config.txt file, but I've looked in all the files that are meant to be copied to the SD card for the first NOOB setup and there is no config.txt file.

Please help.

Thanks,
Michael

UPDATE: I went out and bought a composite video cable and it works fine. I have recently found some posts that should be able to help now that I can get in and edit the config.txt file. Hopefully I can get the HDMI portion fixed from here.

[sprinkmeier]

config_hdmi_boost=4
hdmi_drive=2

Usually works for me, but check http://elinux.org/RPi_config.txt#Video_mode_options

[MrEngman]

Not sure if editing config.txt will fix your problem as there is an apparent issue with NOOBS and reading config.txt in the first place.

There is an update that has fixed the problem for some including me. Take a look here http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 16#p369416 for more details.


MrEngman

[tekgiant]

Editing the config.txt file was all I needed to do. I opened the config.txt file using the vi text editor.

I uncommented the:

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 hdmi_force_hotplug=1 

and added

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 hdmi_edid_file=1 

After that I saved the file, quit the editor and rebooted the Pi and it worked fine. I have yet to test if audio is working through the hdmi, we'll see here shortly. I'll put an update with my findings shortly.